Louis Wirth

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

Louis Wirth is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Development and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis Wirth has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Urban Studies, 1 paper in Development and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Louis Wirth's work include Latin American Urban Studies (2 papers) and Regional Development and Innovation (1 paper). Louis Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Latin American Urban Studies (2 papers) and Regional Development and Innovation (1 paper). Louis Wirth collaborates with scholars based in Poland. Louis Wirth's co-authors include Albert J. Reiss, Wilson Record, William F. Ogburn, Otis Dudley Duncan, Herbert Blumer, Philip M. Hauser, William L. Kolb, René Wellek and Merle Curti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Louis Wirth

13 papers receiving 849 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

EU 7 FP project Governing urban divercity: Creating social cohesion, social mobility and economic performance in today’s hyper-diversified cities (DIVERCITIES) – The case of Warsaw

2017 759 citations Louis Wirth et al. RCIN (Digital Repository of the Scientifics Institutes) (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis Wirth Poland	9	529	227	107	98	95	13	963
David T. Herbert United Kingdom	20	747 1.4×	237 1.0×	94 0.9×	77 0.8×	154 1.6×	50	1.3k
David R. Goldfield United States	12	477 0.9×	193 0.9×	120 1.1×	73 0.7×	144 1.5×	73	862
Leo F. Schnore United States	18	493 0.9×	201 0.9×	78 0.7×	79 0.8×	303 3.2×	71	1.1k
J. Douglas Porteous Canada	15	405 0.8×	164 0.7×	69 0.6×	106 1.1×	34 0.4×	36	998
Dolores Hayden United States	17	628 1.2×	417 1.8×	166 1.6×	92 0.9×	77 0.8×	52	1.7k
David M. Hummon United States	10	839 1.6×	176 0.8×	41 0.4×	186 1.9×	37 0.4×	16	1.2k
Jay Weinstein United States	9	440 0.8×	83 0.4×	114 1.1×	55 0.6×	138 1.5×	39	876
Philip Sarre United Kingdom	13	356 0.7×	157 0.7×	106 1.0×	47 0.5×	80 0.8×	23	750
Stuart Cameron United Kingdom	11	304 0.6×	469 2.1×	104 1.0×	60 0.6×	139 1.5×	29	880
Mickey Lauria United States	15	491 0.9×	384 1.7×	178 1.7×	82 0.8×	187 2.0×	47	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Louis Wirth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louis Wirth

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Wirth, Louis, et al.. (2017). EU 7 FP project Governing urban divercity: Creating social cohesion, social mobility and economic performance in today’s hyper-diversified cities (DIVERCITIES) – The case of Warsaw. RCIN (Digital Repository of the Scientifics Institutes) (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences). 759 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wirth, Louis. (2005). El urbanismo como modo de vida. 7. 33 indexed citations

3.

Wirth, Louis. (2001). Leer la ciudad. Ensayos de Antropología Urbana El urbanismo como forma de vida. Revista de Estudios Sociales. 110–115. 1 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis & Albert J. Reiss. (1981). On Cities and Social Life: Selected Papers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 27 indexed citations

5.

Wirth, Louis, et al.. (1966). On Cities and Social Life. Population. 21(6). 1240–1240. 29 indexed citations

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Record, Wilson, et al.. (1965). On Culture and Social Change: Selected Papers. American Quarterly. 17(3). 602–602. 20 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis, et al.. (1965). Louis Wirth on Cities and Social Life.. Social Forces. 44(2). 275–275. 46 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis. (1965). Louis Wirth on Cities and Social Life: Selected Papers.. 12 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis, et al.. (1956). Community life and social policy : selected papers. 4 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis, et al.. (1956). Community Life and Social Policy. The American Catholic Sociological Review. 17(3). 267–267. 15 indexed citations

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Kolb, William L., et al.. (1956). Community Life and Social Policy.. American Sociological Review. 21(6). 788–788. 3 indexed citations

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Curti, Merle, et al.. (1954). American Scholarship in the Twentieth Century.. American Literature. 26(2). 274–274. 1 indexed citations

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Wirth, Louis, et al.. (1951). Local Community Fact Book of Chicago.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 46(254). 275–275. 13 indexed citations

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